Myanmar's military junta has announced plans for elections in December or January -- scheduling the first poll since it ...

Resistance forces now face the challenge of building an ethnically inclusive and democratic state, something that no government in Myanmar has ever achieved. The country's prospects of democracy ...

More than a million people have fled Myanmar's brutal civil war to seek shelter and work in neighbouring Thailand, where ...

Myanmar’s farms are well diversified, with most farms producing rice paddy during the monsoon season and other crops such as beans, pulses, oilseeds and maize, during the cool and dry seasons. The ...

Learn more about Myanmar's recent political history » The recent storm that hit Myanmar's delta region, killing at least 78,000, has raised the question of whether border camps will be inundated ...

Focus: Discovering new species of freshwater fish in Myanmar (Burma) We are expanding the Museum's collection of freshwater fishes from Myanmar (Burma), introducing new species. Our work focuses on ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Four years after seizing power from the elected administration, the head of the military government declared Myanmar will hold a general election within 10 months, state-run media ...

Pekhon diocese is situated in the southern part of Shan State, in eastern Myanmar. There are five townships in the diocese. They are Pekhon, Pinlaung, Naungtaya, Hsi Hseng and Mawkmai. The diocese ...